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 Release 22.0, Sept. 2008
 
Chapter : ch40. Unit Conversions Section : Unit Conversions
  Conversion of SI to Conventional Units: Blood Chemistries

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Overview :

Results of chemistry tests performed on serum, plasma, whole blood or erythrocytes can be converted between conventional (US) and SI units if the conversion factors are known.

 

Specimen: serum (S), plasma (P), whole blood (WB) or erythrocytes (RBC)

 

Test

Speci-men

SIU Units

Factor for Conversion

Conventional Units

11-Deoxycorticosterone (DOC)

S

pmol/L

0.33

pg/mL

Acetone

S

µmol/L

0.0058

mg/dL

Acid phosphatase, prostatic

S

U/L

1

U/L

Acid phosphatase, prostatic

S

U/L at 37° C

0.06

Bessey-Lowry-Brock U/L at 37° C

Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)

S

ng/L

1

pg/mL

Adrenocorticotropic hormone ACTH)

S

pmol/L

4.541

pg/mL

Alanine amino-transferase (ALT, SGPT)

S

U/L at 37° C

1

U/L at 37° C

Alanine amino-transferase (ALT, SGPT)

S

µKat/L

58.82

U/L at 37° C

Albumin

S

g/L

0.1

g/dL

Aldolase

S

U/L at 37° C

1.35

Sibley-Lehninger U/L at 37° C

Aldolase

S

µKat/L

58.82

U/L

Aldosterone

S

nmol/L

36.1

ng/dL

Alkaline phosphatase

S

U/L

0.14

King-Armstrong units/dL

Alkaline phosphatase

S

µKat/L

58.82

U/L

Alkaline phosphatase

S

U/L at 37° C

1

Babson U/L at 37° C

alpha-1 Antitrypsin

S

g/L

100

mg/dL

alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP)

S

µg/L

1

ng/mL

alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP)

S

ng/L

0.1

ng/dL

alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP)

S

g/L

100

mg/dL

alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP)

S

mg/L

0.1

mg/dL

alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP)

S

µg/L

0.1

µg/dL

Ammonia

P

µmol NH3/L

1.703

µg NH3/dL

Ammonia

P

µmol N/L

1.4

µg N/dL

Amylase

S

U/L

0.541

Somogyi (saccharogenic) U/dL

Amylase

S

µKat/L

58.82

U/L

Androstenedione

S

pmol/L

0.0286

ng/dL

Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE)

S

U/L

1

nmol/min/mL

Angiotensin II

S

ng/L

0.1

ng/dL

Anion gap

S

mmol/L

1

mEq/L

Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)

S

ng/L

1

pg/mL

Apolipoprotein A1

S

mg/L

0.1

mg/dL

Apolipoprotein B

S

mg/L

0.1

mg/dL

Aspartate amino-transferase (AST, SGOT)

S

U/L at 37° C

1

U/L at 37° C

Aspartate amino-transferase (AST, SGOT)

S

µKat/L

58.82

U/L at 37° C

Base Excess

S

mmol/L

1

mEq/L

Bicarbonate

S

mmol/L

1

mEq/L

Bilirubin

S

µmol/L

0.0584

mg/dL

Calcitonin

S

ng/L

1

pg/mL

Calcium

S

mmol/L

4

mg/dL

Calcium

S

mmol/L

2

mEq/L

Calcium, ionized

S

mmol/L

4

mg/dL

Carbon dioxide partial pressure pCO2

WB

kPa

7.52

mm Hg

Carbon dioxide total

S

mmol/L

1

mEq/L

Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA)

S

µg/L

1

ng/mL

Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA)

S

mg/L

1

µg/mL

Carotene

S

µmol/L

53.76

µg/dL

Catecholamines, fractionated - epinephrine

P

pmol/L

0.1832

pg/mL

Catecholamines, fractionated - norepinephrine

P

nmol/L

169.49

pg/mL

Ceruloplasmin

S

mg/L

0.1

mg/dL

Chloride

S

mmol/L

1

mEq/L

Chloride

S

mmol/L

1

mg/dL

Cholesterol

S

mmol/L

38.61

mg/dL

Cholinesterase (pseudocholinesterase)

S

U/L at 37° C

1

U/L at 37° C

Copper

S

µmol/L

6.37

µg/dL

Coproporphyrins

S

nmol/L

0.067

µg/dL

Cortisol